Swimming
Thomas Jager(Author)
Mosby (Publisher)
Published on 16. November 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-8151-4853-1 (ISBN)
Description
Part of The Winning Edge Series this text offers a complete introduction to swimming with beginning and intermediate skills explanations. Offering an introduction of the facilities, equipment, the fitness aspect, skills techniques and conditioning tips, this book moves on to detail work out schedules. Individual chapters detail the dynamics of the basic skills for a beginning swimmer (i.e. treading water, water entries) to the freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke. A workout assessment log is included in the back of the book.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
St Louis
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
147 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8151-4853-1 (9780815148531)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1 A Brief History of Swimming2 The Fitness Aspect3 Facilities and Equipment for the Sport4 Basic Skills for the Beginning Swimmer5 Beginning Strokes6 Basics of Freestyle: Technique7 Basics of Backstroke: Technique8 Basics of Breaststroke: Technique9 Basics of Butterfly: Technique10 Conditioning: On Dry Land and in the Pool11 Workout Schedules: Vital to FitnessAppendicesA Workout Assessment LogB Swimming Terminology, Suggested Readings